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2025
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Bernice Fox Obituary
April 27, 1934 – Aug. 14, 2025
Funeral services for Bernice Merrill Fox, 91, were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, at First United Methodist Church in Sallisaw. Burial followed at Sallisaw City Cemetery under the direction of Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Service, Inc.
Mrs. Fox was born on April 27, 1934, in Gans to Alvie Harrison and Alta Carrie Merrill. She passed away on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Muskogee.
She was a 1953 graduate of Gans High School and attended St. Edward Mercy Nursing Program in Fort Smith, Ark., relishing her role as a nurse for over 20 years. She loved to play the piano and mandolin, and enjoyed family get togethers. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
She was married to Walter Landrum Fox, Jr., on Feb. 7, 1956, in Sayre.
Survivors are her daughter, Cynthia L. Glander and husband Robert of Sallisaw; three grandsons; two great-grandchildren; and several other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter; parents; three brothers, DB Merrill, Leon Merrill and Alvie Harrison Merrill Jr.; and four sisters, Edith Peterson, Ruby Gunter, Bonnie Fout and Jean Moody.
Pallbearers were Robert Glander, Robby Glander, Kyle Glander, Jack Glander, Steve Merrill and DB Merrill.
Honorary pallbearers were her nieces and nephews.
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